Robert Lorenzo has battled a stress fracture and leukaemia diagnosis over the past three years, as well as going through the breakdown of his marriage. Robert explains how the friends he has made through volunteering at parkrun have helped him through these difficult times. parkrun came into my life through a friend who walks at…
Wendy Chilesh began parkrunning in 2013 as a way to ‘shed a few kilos’. Wendy believes her physical transformation through parkrun, which led to an early cancer diagnosis, is the reason she is still alive. I did my first parkrun in November 2013. I was motivated by my work colleague and I was also…
Maeri Howard inspired her connections on social media to join her at parkrun. A breast cancer diagnosis shortly after turned her world upside down. Here she tells us how the connections she made at parkrun and the commitment to “show up” helped her continue to feel normal during her treatment. It’s my parkrunning…
